Exercise 2 ( ). Fill the gaps with one of the words below.
to cure, robots, environmentally-friendly, enthusiasm, ready-made, foresee, Mars, exploration
Future life
According to the recent survey, people expect that home life will be better. Most people believe that by 2050 (1) will be doing the housework and we will be eating (2) food. A lot of people think that we might only cook for fun in the future.
Space (3) will become increasingly popular. Fifty per cent of the people we talked to believe that man will regularly visit (4) . They also believe that travel on our own planet will probably change. Almost everyone thinks that there will be no cars in the city centers. Some even think that (5) electric or solar-powered cars will have replaced the cars we use nowadays. Pollution is something that seems to worry many people. Some fear that it will continue to get worse, and that our planet will become impossible to live on. Others even (6) that one day we'll have to pay for clean air just like we do now for clean water.
On the other hand, people seem to be quite optimistic about the benefits of genetic engineering, as they think scientists will use it (7) diseases like cancer and AIDS. If scientists manage to find a cure for these, we'll have a much healthier society. Some people worry about the future, while others are full of hope and (8) . No matter how dark or bright it may seem, it is up to us to look after our planet and try to make it a better place to live.
ответ к упражнению 1.
1)I like reading at bed.
2)He is not at home.
3)The plane is flying in the blue sky.
4)Turn right at the traffic light.
5)Nick is at the street,just in the corner.
6)Is he at the office?
7)I am waiting for you at the bus stop.
8)Do you know the man at this photo?
9)They arrived at Paris late.
10)What time did they arrive at work yesterday?
ответ к упражнению 2.
1)There is a nice picture at the wall.
2)She never keeps money in her bag.
3)Don't sit at the ground.
4)Can you see something strange in the water.
5)I think her flat is at the third floor of that building.
6)Who is the boy at that photo.
7)The car was parked at the corner of the street.
8)The children are playing at the garden.
9)My friend spend his holiday in a small village in the mountains.
10)The night is very dark.There are no stars in the sky.
II. Use definite article “the” with geographical names.
1. What's__the_ longest river in __the_ world? Is it_the__ Amazon or _the_. Nile? I'm terrible at __ Geography.
2. What's_the__ longest river in _the__ world? Is it_the__ Amazon or __the_. Nile? I'm terrible at __ Geography.
3. Burt loves islands.
He has been to __ Cuba,__ Bali, _the__ Bahamas, _the_ Philippines. And next year, he wants to go to ___ Madagascar.
4. _the_ British Prime Minister lives in __ Downing Street 10 and goes to work by___car.
5. The capital of __ Australia is__ Canberra.
6. The capital of __Australia is ___Canberra.
7. __ Africa is much larger than __ Europe.
8. __Hoverla is the highest peak.
9. _the_ River Thames is in _the_ United Kingdom.
10. Smiths prefer to spend the winter holidays in _the_ Himalayas